1
Town Forest
Nature preserve
139 acres2.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Chatham
Chatham, MA parks, trails & bike paths
About 32% of Chatham is conserved land, roughly 6,730 acres. There are about 25 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Town Forest (2.7 mi), Monomoy Wilderness (2.2 mi), and Goose Pond Forest (1.8 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Chatham, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Chatham outdoors
Conserved land
32%
6,730 of 21,014 acres
Trails
25 mi
0.8 mi per sq mi · 20 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
76
1,007 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
4.4 mi
0.2 mi lanes · 3.8 mi off-road paths
Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
2
Monomoy Wilderness
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
1,646 acres2.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Goose Pond Forest
Nature preserve
105 acres1.8 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Bailey Parcel
Nature preserve
44 acres1.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
5
Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
4,004 acres1.6 mi of trail
Monomoy NWR Nature Trail
Dogs allowedMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot
6
Strong Island
Managed by Chatham Conservation Foundation
66 acres1.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
7
Forest Beach
Nature preserve
60 acres1.2 mi of trail
No dogsMapped in OpenStreetMap
DirectionsTo the parking lot
8
Frost Fish Creek - Stepping Stones
Nature preserve
31 acres0.6 mi of trail
Robert Verity Clem TrailHigh Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the trailhead
All 60 parks & preserves
- Sylvan Gardens7 ac · 0.6 mi trail · Directions
- Stage Harbor Dike35 ac · 0.5 mi trail
- Old Queen Anne Road31 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- McCoy Tree Farm Conservation Area12 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- Samuel Hawes Park12 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- Old Comers Woodland11 ac · 0.5 mi trail · Directions
- Queen Anne Road12 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- Ryder Gift10 ac · 0.4 mi trail · Directions
- George Ryder Forest8 ac · 0.3 mi trail · Directions
- Indian Hill Road Conservation Area13 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Star Bog Conservation Area9 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- The Twinefield7 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Veterans' Park7 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Snug Harbor Road / Mill Pond4 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Chase Park4 ac · 0.2 mi trail · Directions
- Cedar Street3 ac · 0.2 mi trail
- Training Field Triangle39 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Valley Farm Conservation Area9 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Lot 15 Frost Fish Creek6 ac · 0.1 mi trail · Directions
- Hardings Lane3 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Cape Cod National Seashore4,146 ac
- Strong Island Marsh69 ac
- Sam Ryder Conservation Area57 ac
- Red River Conservation Area51 ac
- Frost Fish Creek50 ac
- Tern Island Wildlife Sanctuary44 ac · Directions
- Volunteer Park44 ac
- Barclays Pond29 ac · Directions
- Cedar Swamp26 ac
- Roberts Gift13 ac · Directions
- Off Meadow Brook Road11 ac · Directions
- Whiting Parcel11 ac · Directions
- Hardings Beach Road8 ac · Directions
- Honeysuckle Lane7 ac
- Minot Acres Conservation Area7 ac · Directions
- Sulfer Springs Conservation Area6 ac
- Pochet Island6 ac
- Muddy Creek West6 ac
- White Pond Beach4 ac
- Ryder Cove4 ac
- Barn Hill4 ac
- Stage Island Conservation Area4 ac
- Muddy Creek Headwaters Preserve3 ac
- Absegami Run3 ac · Directions
- Main Street Conservation Area3 ac · Directions
- Black Pond Conservation Area3 ac · Directions
- Chatham Harbor North Chatham2 ac
- Eldridge Point Conservation Restriction2 ac
- Salt Marsh Way Conservation Area2 ac
- Off Old Harbor Road / Patten Lane Parcel2 ac · Directions
- Oyster Pond2 ac
- Conservation Land1 ac · Directions
Who protects the land
6,730 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 165 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 7 of 263 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.2 mi
- Off-road bike paths3.8 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.4 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis30
- Baseball7
- Basketball3
- Pickleball2
- Equestrian1
- Skate park1
- Soccer1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Chatham and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Chatham's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.
Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.
How we measure
"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 27.6-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.